Bedstead



H. H. TALBOT.

BEDSTEAD. APPLICATION FILED 1AN.2.1920.

1,394,695. Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

INVENTOR.

HM W ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES f B; a

HENRY H. TALBOT, OF ST. JOSEPH, MI SSOURZ.

BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed January 2, 1920. Serial No. 348,741.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. TALBOT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in bedsteads, and the objects of my improve ments are, first: to provide a simple, substantial and sanitary bedstead, in which the tucking space for the edges of the bed-clothes shall be formed as a continuous rectangular belt around the edges of the bed, and be of sufficient depth at all points, including the corners to receive and obscure from view, the edges of the bedclothing, thereby providing tucking space in which the cover portions of the bed clothing can be folded at the corners and the folded edges of the same be smoothly inserted, forming a smooth and sightly bed, which can not be i done in using the conventional bedstead, in which the depth of the tucking space is limited by various obstructions, second; to so construct and arrange the parts of a bedstead, that the longitudinal tucking rails can be oscillated from the edges of the bedclothing for permitting free circulation of air through the same and for permitting a person to occupy the bed after which said rails can be returned against the edge portions of the bedclothing for preventing dis placement of the same, when such is desired.

I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, n which:

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of the bedstead, showing one of the side rails oscillated outward a slight distance.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the rail fastening means in detail.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the spring frame supporting and securing means in detail. Fig. 4 is a similar view in detail of one of the corner securing means of the spring frame, showing the parts separated.

Referring to Fig. 1, the two side rails 1 are provided with the pivot studs 2, which are secured on their lower corners and the securing studs 3, which are secured on their :upper corners.

Said .P tud a e qsqillaau mounted in their respective channels 4. The securing studs are inserted into the upper portions of the inverted L shaped channels 5 and 6. and gravitate into the lower portions of the channels 5 and 6, for detachably holding said rails in an upright and in an inverted posltion respectively. Said channels are formed in the posts 7.

The designated foot posts are secured together and the transverse tucking rail 8 is secured between said posts, in any substan tial workman-like manner, well known to the bedstead makers art. The undesignated head posts are similarly constructed.

The supporting brackets 9 are formed respectively on said posts, and are inclined inward therefrom at an angle to said rails.

The inner end portions of said brackets are curved and extended upward for deepening the tucking space between the same and the posts. The U shaped sockets 10 are formed in the upper ends of said brackets, as seen in Fig. 3.

Referring to Fig. 4, the lug 11 is formed with the stud rivets 12 and 13, all of which are formed of malleable metal.

'Rivet 12 is passed through the aperture 14, which is formed through the side rail 15 of the spring frame, after which the aper ture 16 (which is formed through the end rail 17 of said frame), is passed over said rivet. The rivet 13 is then passed through the aperture 18, which is formed through the rail 15, after which said rivets are headed down on their respective rails; for holding one corner of the spring frame together, and

for securing said lug in place. It will be seen that said lug is tapered from a larger dimension at its upper end, to a smaller dimension at its lower end. The gravity of said rails and lug force the latter to a tight fit in the U shaped socket 10, seen in Fig. 3, which socket is tapered to correspond with the taper of said lug. This forms substaritial securing means at each corner of the spring frame, whereby the latter is firmly, but detachably secured to the brackets 9 and the therewith formed posts 7 The springs 19 are secured to the end rails 17 in any well known manner.

In operation of the bedstead, with the parts in the position seen in Fig. 1, the operator oscillates the rail 1, until its studs 3 are against the adjacent posts 7. He then lifts the rail 1, until its pivot studs are thereby raised into the upper ends of the channels 4, which action also lifts the studs 3 into register with the upper ends of the inverted L shaped channels 5.

Said operator thereafter oscillates the up per edge of said rail inward, thereby moving the studs 3 into the channels 5. He then permits said rail to gravitate, which carries the studs 2 and 3 into the lower ends of their respective channels 4 and 5, thereby detachably securing said rail in its upright position.

Said operator thereafter places a mattress and bedclothing on the sprin s 19, in the usual, well known manner. rle then tucks the edges of said bed-clothing into the spaces between the side rails 1 and the rails 15, at the sides of the bed, and into thespace between the designated rail 8 and the adjacent rail 17, at the foot of the bed. Said operator then folds said edge portions of said covers in a neat smooth fold for turning the same at the corners of the bed and tucks said folded portions of said bed-clothing into the spaces between the designated brackets 9 and the posts}.

This arrangement of rails and brackets forms an endless tucking space, in the form of a rectangle around the edges of said bed. The edge portions of said bed-clothing are thus neatly tuckedinto said space, with said edge portions obscured from view by the rails 1 and 8, forming a smooth sight-1y bed.

It will be seen in Fig. 1, that the described tucking space is formed narrowerbetween the undesigna-ted rail 8 and the adjacent spring frame rail 1.7, which rails are at the head'of the bed. This is done 'because the edge portions of said bed-clothingrare not tucked into said space. V

The rail 1 is oscillated from its previously described upright position, to the position seen in Fig. 2, in the tollowing manner.

Said rail is lifted from said described position, thereby carrying its holding studs 3 into the upper ends of the channels 5, after which the upper edge of said rail is moved outward from said channels, and is oscillated downward until said studs 3 are in register with the upper ends of the channels 6, into which they are inserted. Said rail 1 is then permitted to gravitate, thereby carrying the studs 3 and 2 into the bottoms of their respective slots 6 and st, thereby detachably holding said rail in its inverted position.

lVhile the rail 1 is in this position, the edges of the bed-clothing hang loosely along the longitudinal edges of the bed, permitting free ventilation of the same. While the bed is occupied by a person, the rail 1 may.

be returned to its previously described upright position, in which it practically prevents displacement of the bed clothing, by holding the longitudinal edges otthe latter in the described longitudinal tucking space.

Having fully described my invention, what l. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of bed posts for supporting a bed; brackets formed with said post-s respectively, said brackets being extended inward and upward from said posts tormin tucking spaces between said posts and the upper portions of said brackets for the reception of the lower edge. portions of a bed cover; a spring frame, lugs secured. on the respective corners of said spring frame said lugs being'taperedsmaller from their upper to their lower ends; socketstormed respectively on the upper endsof said brackets, said sockets beingpositioned and formed to receive and snugly fit said lugs respectively; and rails for said bed, said rails being so positioned that they obscure from view the lower edge portions of said bed cover. V

In testimony whereof aflix my signature.

HENRY H. TALBOT. 

